by poonam | May 22, 2013 | Statements
NWMI wrote to the News Broadcasting Standards Authority protesting a CNN ‘Face the nation’ programme on sexual harassment. ‘Phaneesh Murthy case: is sexual harassment in workplace a double-edged sword?’ was telecast on CNN-IBN on May 22, 2013. Despite clear rules and...
by poonam | Apr 18, 2013 | Statements
Late evening on April 12, 2013, a group of students from Nalsar Law University went to the Rain Club located in Banjara Hills, Hyderabad, for what was meant to be a farewell party for the graduating seniors. When they stepped out of the club around 10.30 pm to wait...
by poonam | Feb 18, 2013 | Blogs, Features
By Editors For a newspaper that’s 10 years olod, Khabar Lahariya has certainly made waves, as its name suggests. It won the Laadli Media Award in December 2012 for gender sensitivity, and before that the Chameli Devi Jain and UNESCO awards. The 40 women who run the...
by poonam | Feb 4, 2013 | Statements
“The media must be part of the solution, not the problem” The Network of Women in Media, India, celebrating its 10th anniversary at a national convention attended by about 80 media women from across the country, discussed various aspects of the theme, ‘Women, Violence...
by poonam | Sep 12, 2012 | Statements
Lakbima cartoon: a new low for misogyny in the print media We, the undersigned, condemn the sexist portrayal of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in a cartoon by Hasantha Wijenayake published in the Sri Lankan daily...
